We Go Jam (Book Review)

by Alex on February 21, 2013
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During last year’s Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival (HBAMF), I had the pleasure to attend a number of events at the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities’ tent, whose theme for the two-day affair was “The Aural History of Hawaiʻi.” At …

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Out Loud in the Library is Gonna Jam! (Book Event)

by Alex on February 19, 2013
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This Thursday, February 21, the Windward Community College’s excellent Out Loud in the Library series dives deep into Hawaiʻi’s musical roots as they help celebrate the release of We Go Jam: Celebrating Our Music, Our Soundscape, Our Hawaiʻi.

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Jack London is Dead: Contemporary Euro-American Poetry of Hawaii (review)

by Misty on February 16, 2013
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The latest anthology from TinFish Press is a collection of poems and stories from local “Euro-Americans” (being the term to encompass the “different categories of whiteness in Hawaiʻi”) and their experience as a marginalized voice within the island literary community.…

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Book End: Weekend of February 15, 2013

by Alex on February 15, 2013
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Have a great weekend, …

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Huki-Links: February 14, 2013

by Alex on February 14, 2013
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Welcome to Huki Links – a biweekly post highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more from across the ‘net!

For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post. The best part of the “huki” is that we …

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Book End: Weekend of February 8, 2013

by Alex on February 8, 2013
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Have a great weekend, …

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Fourth in Female Crime Series is Out. (Book Release)

by Alex on February 4, 2013
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Kauaʻi-raised author Toby Neal has been extremely busy over the past fifteen months. In that time span, she brought the psychologically complex world of Lei Teixeira into our lives with the Hilo-based novel Blood Orchids—our introduction to the Lei …

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Book End: Weekend of February 1, 2013

by Alex on February 1, 2013
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Have a great weekend, …

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Huki-Links: January 30, 2013

by Alex on January 31, 2013
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Welcome to Huki Links – a biweekly post highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more from across the ‘net!

For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post. The best part of the “huki” is that we …

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Book End: Weekend of January 25, 2013

by Alex on January 25, 2013
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Have a great weekend, …

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Free Kai the ʻOpihi Keiki Book (Giveaway)

by Alex on January 21, 2013
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The wonderful folks at Partners in Development Foundation are holding a quick little sweepstakes where the winner receives a free copy of their charming keiki picture book Kai the ‘Opihi Gets the Point.

From the contest, here is a …

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